Answering APT Misconceptions

February 5th, 2010 admin

There’s finally some good reporting on advanced persistent threat appearing in various news sources. A new Christian Science Monitor story, one by Federal Computer Week , and one by Wired are making progress in raising awareness. Unfortunately, there’s plenty of Tweeting and blogging by people who refuse to understand what is happening or are not capable of understanding what is happening. From now on, rather than repeat myself trying to answer these misconceptions, I decided to consolidate them here. Myth 1. APT is a “new term,” invented by Mandiant. Reality: Mandiant did not invent the term. The Air Force did in 2006. …


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